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Roger Federer and wife Mirka Vavrinec holding their twin daughters.

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question: What type of creature is a barbel?

option: Fish

answer: 1

question: Living Together was a working title of which long-running Australian television soap opera?

option: Neighbours

answer: 1

question: Who is the captain of AFL team Collingwood?

option: Scott Pendlebury

answer: 1

question: Which number is directly opposite 20 on a standard dartboard?

option: 3

answer: 1

question: Who was the first federal leader of the Australian Democrats political party?

option: Don Chipp

answer: 1

question: In the story of The Three Little Pigs, which pig’s house was built out of straw?

option: First little pig’s

answer: 1

question: Bright Angel Trail is a hiking route in which US natural wonder?

option: Grand Canyon

answer: 1

question: What was the surname of the title character in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke?

option: Jackson

answer: 1

question: The German word “sechsundvierzig” is what number in English?

option: 46

answer: 1

question: How many sides does a nonagon have?

option: Nine

answer: 1

question: In which English city is St Paul’s Cathedral?

option: London

answer: 1

question: In a standard game of Pictionary, what subject is the “O” category?

option: Object

answer: 1

question: Which Italian city was the home of the powerful Medici family?

option: Florence

answer: 1

question: “Look for the disc with the octagonal label” was an advertising slogan of which Australian vinyl record label in the late 1950s?

option: Coronet

answer: 1

question: Name the twin daughters of Mirka and tennis player Roger Federer.

option: Myla, Charlene

answer: 1

question: What is the largest inhabited castle in England?

option: Windsor Castle

answer: 1

question: Callisto is the second-largest moon of which planet?

option: Jupiter

answer: 1

question: A typical human hand has how many phalanges (digital bones)?

option: 14

answer: 1

question: By population, what is Morocco’s largest city?

option: Casablanca

answer: 1

question: A “Brummie” comes from which English city?

option: Birmingham

answer: 1

question: What is the name of Britain’s largest bookstore chain?

option: Waterstones

answer: 1

question: Which city is scheduled to host the 2028 Summer Olympics?

option: Los Angeles

answer: 1

question: Pere Lachaise is the largest cemetery in which European city?

option: Paris

answer: 1

question: Who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films?

option: Rupert Grint

answer: 1

question: What is Miss Piggy’s surname?

option: Lee

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of Denmark?

option: Danish krone

answer: 1

question: Bangkok is which country’s capital?

option: Thailand’s

answer: 1

question: In the painting The Son of Man by Belgian artist Rene Magritte, what colour is the apple which largely obscures the man’s face?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: Who composed the two-act opera Cosi Fan Tutte?

option: Mozart

answer: 1

question: Which country is bordered by Belize, Guatemala and the US?

option: Mexico

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are in 31 hours?

option: 1860

answer: 1

question: Namib-Naukluft, the fourth-largest national park in the world, is on which continent?

option: Africa

answer: 1

question: Which three-letter word completes the following three longer words: m---; c---on; lit---?

option: Any (many, canyon, litany)

answer: 1

question: Ponzu is a citrus-based sauce in the cuisine of which country?

option: Japan

answer: 1

question: Which country shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic?

option: Haiti

answer: 1

question: In the US television situation comedy series The Brady Bunch, how many daughters did Carol have from her first marriage?

option: Three

answer: 1

question: Unscramble these letters to name a two-word Adelaide suburb: RSKAETRPNRO.

option: Torrens Park

answer: 1

question: Which John Denver hit begins: “He was born in the summer of his 27th year”?

option: Rocky Mountain High

answer: 1

question: Name the President of China.

option: Xi Jinping

answer: 1

question: The Clarence Strait separates northern Australia from which island?

option: Melville Island

answer: 1

question: Who was premier of South Australia from 1938-65?

option: Sir Thomas Playford

answer: 1

question: How often does a deciduous tree lose its leaves?

option: Once a year

answer: 1

question: Ipanema Beach is in which Brazilian city?

option: Rio de Janeiro

answer: 1

question: To which section of an orchestra does the piccolo belong?

option: Woodwind

answer: 1

question: Which horse did Mick Dittman ride to win the 1982 Melbourne Cup?

option: Gunner’s Lane

answer: 1

question: How many ounces are in a pound?

option: 16

answer: 1

question: To which fellow performer is US actor Sarah Jessica Parker married?

option: Matthew Broderick

answer: 1

question: Who is Australia’s Environment and Water Minister?

option: Tanya Plibersek

answer: 1

question: Multiply the number of days in a fortnight by the number of days in August.

option: 434

answer: 1

question: What sport do the Tampa Bay Lightning play?

option: Ice hockey

answer: 1